Flyers General Manager Danny Briere Takes a Shot at Chuck Fletcher During First Interview
It's been a little over 48 hours since the news broke that the Flyers fired president and general manager Chuck Fletcher and gave the reins in an interim tag to Danny Briere. Breer who spent a number of his years in the NHL with the Flyers gave his first press conference and explained his vision and how he sees the Flyers moving forward.
One thing to note is that Danny Briere was not afraid to use the word rebuild.
Danny Briere:
"I'm not afraid to use the word Rebuild."
"I'm not afraid to use the word Rebuild."
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Rebuilding NHL organizations is a very tricky business, rebuilds can go correctly or horribly if it's done wrong. It takes a lot of patience and a lot of creativity to make a rebuild go the way teams want.
The fact that Mr. Briere is willing to use the word rebuild and begin the process is very refreshing for the Flyers as this is not happened in at least a generation if not ever.
The Flyers need help all across the board and well into their age L franchised Leigh High Valley phantoms. The Flyers have numerous holes in many shortcomings that need to be addressed through trade, the draft and signings as the rebuild begins.
Certainly, the first steps would be to clear as much salary as possible and to take this team down to the studs and in mass as many draft picks as possible and prospects.
Mr. Briere certainly has the edge over everybody else to land this job permanently and it sounds like that may happen.
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